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Name Julie Arnold
Location Johnson City, Tennessee
First post November 2007After growing up in Barcelona, living in Germany for ten years, and finally moving to the USA in 1998, Julie Arnold graduated from EMT school and worked as a medic in an ambulance for six years. After months of pain and muscle fatigue, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and worked her last shift in 2009. Married and mother to three girls, Julie blogs about the things and people she loves, world cultures, and her experiences in learning to live with FM and its symptoms.
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‘The Compass Of Pleasure’: Why Some Things Feel So Good : NPR
In his new book, The Compass of Pleasure, neuroscientist David Linden maps out the brain’s relationship with pleasure and addiction. From junk food to sex to gambling, Linden explains that addictions are actually rooted in the brain’s inability to feel pleasure.
“Any one of us could be an addict at any time. Addiction is not fundamentally a moral failing — it’s not a disease of weak-willed losers.” — David Linden
Wait, what?!
‘The Compass Of Pleasure’: Why Some Things Feel So Good : NPR
In his new book, The Compass of Pleasure, neuroscientist David Linden maps out the brain’s relationship with pleasure and addiction. From junk food to sex to gambling, Linden explains that addictions are actually rooted in the brain’s inability to feel pleasure.
“Any one of us could be an addict at any time. Addiction is not fundamentally a moral failing — it’s not a disease of weak-willed losers.” — David Linden
Wait, what?!
Are you ever annoyed by your “green” conscience—that voice inside your head that nags when you forget to bring reusable bags to the grocery store or leave the tap running for too long? Artist-activist Franke James’ was, so she combined her numerous talents to produce Bothered By My Green Conscience, a book of five visual essays about her mid-life struggle to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle and confront today’s most pressing environmental issues.
